If your Presence indicator shows green (available), it means you do not have anything scheduled on your calendar right now, you are not actively engaged in Skype communication at the moment, and you have not chosen to manually set your status to something else. This setting is not available in Skype for Business for Mac. With Skype for Windows, you can change your setting to allow anyone with a Cornell Office 365 account to see your Presence status. Manage your Contact List in Skype for Business (Mac).Manage your Contact List in Skype for Business (Windows).Everyone else will see gray (offline) or white (presence unknown). It is presented here in the context of Skype, which is the application where presence is most critical.īy default, only those people who appear on your Skype Contact list are able to see your status.
Presence is a feature that works across many Office 365 applications. (You don't actually need to use Presence at all, but Skype for Mac won't set it automatically.) With Skype for Mac, you must set your presence manually. Skype for Windows determines your status automatically, based on the entries on your Office 365 calendar and your current Skype activity you can also set your status manually. Presence is a combination of availability and willingness to meet. Cornell Skype for Business has been retired in advance of Microsoft's shutdown of the service.